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01/26/06
The Weight of Water (2002)
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Reviews Counted:62
Fresh:20
Rotten:42
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: The story is too muddled to build any interest.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Two stories unravel simultaneously in this dark and suspenseful film. The first story, set in the present day, concerns a photographer, Jean (Catherine McCormack). She is working on an article for... [More]
Starring: Elizabeth Hurley, Catherine McCormack, Sean Penn, Sarah Polley
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Reviews for The Weight of Water
Top CriticThe superior plotline isn't quite enough to drag along the dead (water) weight of the other.
01/02/03
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11/02/02
Top CriticIt's got a good director. Good cast. Good source material. Yet it still sinks like a stone.
11/02/02
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11/03/02
Though it never rises to its full potential as a film, still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed.
11/08/02
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11/18/02
Top CriticPortentous and pretentious, The Weight of Water is appropriately titled, given the heavy-handedness of it drama.
06/05/02
The actors are splendid, especially Sarah Polley and Sean Penn, but we never feel confident that these two plots fit together, belong together, or work together.
11/01/02
Top CriticBigelow directs this screen version of Anita Shreve's complex novel with polish and a flair for the melodramatic.
10/31/02
Nem as ótimas performances de Sarah Polley e Sean Penn conseguem conferir energia a este filme, cujas histórias desenvolvidas paralelamente se anulam de forma implacável.
11/12/03
El peso de un líquido incoloro, el peso del líquido vital, del amor como elemento de vida, y de muerte...
07/12/02
Bigelow perfectly establishes a feel of place and time for both stories, and they're so radically different that you may find yourself shocked when 100 years flash by in a single cut.
11/07/02
A literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002.
10/21/02
If the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals, it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material.
10/31/02
The jarring jumps between disconnected stories and watered-down sensationalism make for a soggy experience.
12/19/02
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01/08/03
A boring, pretentious muddle that uses a sensational, real-life 19th-Century crime as a metaphor for -- well, I'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop.
11/01/02
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12/16/02
Water's story eventually becomes so murky, and the drama so heavy-handed, this piece of ship simply sinks.
11/01/02
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